Sringa Giri

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Sringa Giri

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A large and wealthy monastery on the ridge of the Western Ghauts in Mysore (Southern India) ; the chief matham of the Adwaita and Smârta Brahmans, founded by Sankarâchârya. There resides the religious head (the latter being called Sankarâchârya) of all the Vedantic Adwaitas, credited by many with great abnormal powers. (TG).

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Shortly: A large and wealthy monastery on the ridge of the Western Ghauts in Mysore (Southern India) ; the ch...